Lemieux, Marie-Nicole

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso / Spinosi, Lemieux, Larmore, Cangemi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728
Performers: Basso, Romina; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarstrom, Kristina; Jaroussky, Philippe; Larmore, Jennifer; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Senn, Christian
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

Available for the first time on DVD, Nanve presents the 2011 world premiere staged recording of Orlando Furioso, seven years after the CD release that...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Verdi: Falstaff / Jurowski, Purves, Christoyannis, Kuznetsova [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Elliott, Alasdair; Hoare, Peter; Holloway, Jennifer; Kucerova, Adriana; Kuznetsova, Dina; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera. An international cast is led by Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Jurowski, Purves, Christoyannis, Kuznetsova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Elliott, Alasdair; Hoare, Peter; Holloway, Jennifer; Kucerova, Adriana; Kuznetsova, Dina; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera. An international cast is led by Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / De Billy, Dessay, Degout, Naouri [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Degout, Stephane; Dessay, Natalie; Ens, Phillip; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Mirfin, Timothy; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"There's more to life than top notes," Natalie Dessay has said. She has, of course, made her reputation with the florid, stratospheric heroines of Romantic...continue...
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Esprit - Zen

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; Franz Schubert:...
Performers: de la Salle, Lise; Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Guy, François-Frederic; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Lislevand, Rolf; Mingardo, Sara; Say, Fazil; Smith, Hopkinson; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Mosaïques String Quartet

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Op 42, etc / Lemieux, Blumenthal

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-04-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Gesänge (3), Op. 31; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Myrthen, Op. 25; Lieder Album für die Jugend, Op. 79; Romances and Ballades iii, Op. 53
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole

The Observer
Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and pianist Daniel Blumenthal bring vivid perception to Schumann's song-cycle Frauenliebe und-Leben, Op 42. It's tempting to judge this w...continue...

Baroque Delights / Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture-Suite for 4 Horns, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, TV 55 no F 11 "Alster Ou; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Agrippina; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orches...
Performers: Abberger, John; Brown, Nils; Gauvin, Karina; Gilardeau, Genevieve; Lamon, Jeanne; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Polegato, Brett
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne
Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

This compilation of Baroque works celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra....continue...

Of Love and Music - Chopin, Vivaldi, Brahms, et al

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; George Gershwin: I've Got a Crush on You, song (from Treasure Girl and Strike up...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Blaha, Bernadene; Dolin, Elizabeth; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fortin, Lyne; Kay, Francine; Kuerti, Anton; Laurel, Eduard; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Motard, Therese; Si...
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav;
Ensemble: ; Duo Campion-Vachon; Duo Similia; La Pietà (Orchestra) ; Orchestre Symphonique de Québec

We have long tried to explain the mystery of love by comparing it to the euphoria that can instill in us. This wonderful collection from...continue...

Analekta- 20 Years of Excellence / Lamon, Soly, Schmithüsen, Istomin, Weil, et al

6 CD / Analekta / 2007-05-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Bist du bei mir; Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; Christoph Graupner: Ach Gott und Herr; Domenico Scarlatti...
Performers: Beauséjour, Luc; Dubeau, Angèle; Ehnes, James; Gauvin, Karina; Istomin, Sergei; Kuerti, Anton; Lagacé, Bernard; Laplante, André; Lefèvre, Alain; Lemieux, Marie-Nico...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Soly, Geneviève; ; Turovsky, Yuli; Pietà, La; Dubeau, Angèle
Ensemble: ; Grand Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra; Gryphon Trio; I Musici de Montreal; L'Ensemble des Idées Heureuses; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Tafelmusik

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Canada's largest classical music label, Analekta, is releasing a box set of six CDs and hours of music magnificently interpreted...continue...